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colore ; apertura inferne eflfusa ; columella nuda, rectiuscula, 

 subtruncata ; canali nuUo. 



Whorls entire, polished, with longitudinal straight folds ; 

 beneath the suture banded with white, towards the middle 

 with a dark narrow band, elsewhere of an ash colour. 



Native country unknown. 



96. T. FiCTiLis. (pi. xlv. f. 109, 110.) 



Testa obeso-subulata, acuminata, turrita, laevigata, nitida, 

 alba ; anfractibus planulatis, linea impressa divisis, plicatis ; 

 plicis acutis, brevibus, interstitiis Isevigatis ; prope suturam et 

 ad basin anfractus ultimi nigricante ; apice fusca ; apertura 

 efFusa; columella nuda, subcontorta ; canali nullo. 



Very similar to T. nassoides, from which it is at once sepa- 

 rable by its girdled whorls. 



Australia ; most probably from somewhere on its southern 

 shores. 



97. T. TUBEROSA. (pi. xlv. f. 99.) Hmds,\. c. p. 152. 



Testa turrito-subulata, saturate fulva, aspera, nitida ; anfrac- 

 tibus rotundatis, longitrorsum costatis, supeme cingulo 

 numerose tuberculato ; costis brevibus, nodulosis striis decus- 

 santibus ; columella contorta. 



In this characteristic species the girdle consists of a 

 number of small tubercles, superior in number to the 

 vertical ribs. 



98. T. RUSTICA. (pi. xlv. f. 113.) Hinds, 1. c. p, 158. 

 Testa obeso-subulata, acuminata, fusca, nitida, striis trans- 



versis scabra; anfractibus subrotundatis, longitrorsum plico- 

 costatis, superne infra suturam luteis ; plicis subdistantibus, 

 fere continuis ; anfractu ultimo elongato, concolore ; apertura 

 elongata ; columella nuda, laevi, subrecta. 



An acuminate, retuse species, with distant straight rounded 

 folds, and scabrous from crossing strife. The aperture and 

 last whorl are both elongated, and the latter displays no band. 

 The colour is of a rusty red. The figure represents a fine 

 specimen in the collection of Wm. Metcalfe, Esq. 



Native country unknown. 



99. T. ACicuLATA. (pi. xlv. f. 104.) Gray, 1. c. p. 63. 

 Buccinum aciculatum, Lamarck, 1. c. v. vii. p. 274. 



Testa ovata, acuminata, pallida, polita; anfractibus 

 tuberculato-plicatis, medio subangulatis et atro-fusco fasciatis, 

 interdum, precipue anfractu ultimo, lineis rufis angulatis 

 ornatis ; apertura attenuata, subefFusa ; columella nuda. 

 elongata. 



